OOC: Historical Gaffage!

((Cross-posted to mind_the_tardis))

Heh, I put all this time into reading letters and checking dates for my WWI fic, and then I managed to use "Tommies" instead of "Jerries" for the Germans in the piece. Which I didn't catch even after reading it over several times .-.

Thanks to didnt_blink for pointing this out! I'm planning to do quite a bit of international travel/historical exploration in my stories, so if anyone ever notices any other "um, say what?" points in any stories I write, jump right on in and smack me! I LOVE accuracy (and not looking like too much of an idjit, yeah ;P).

Also, I think writing fic might have me getting interested in *poetry.* Of all things. I'm a terrible poet skeptic. But I read Whitman's "Passage to India" a few days ago, and some bits seem so evocative and appropriate. I love stumbling on images. And, really, I had a point to this entry, I could swear I did, but I have forgotten what it was :|

OH. Beta-ing. I notice people mention beta readers, sometimes. Do you just ping friends to run rough drafts by them, or is there some more official, organized way of getting work vetted before putting it out to the greater world at large? Silly question, but I thought I'd ask.

Prompt: Google Search Engine List

'Verse: A little fast and loose, mostly 2Docs+1.
Words: 91
Prompt: makeyourlist, 43.1, "Make a list of things in your Google search engine."

invasion colanders OR saltshakers
robot colanders OR saltshakers
green beams OR lasers OR deathrays
exterminate screeching
tailor alterations leather
black "too slimming"
"Rose Tyler" London
"Tyler, Rose" London
Dalek*
armor-piercing capabilities projectile*
"john smith" author teacher English
"smith, john" author teacher English
"john smith" visionary
"smith, john" visionary
"lesser evil" ethical decisions lives balance
extinction events
Schindler's List
Wall-E DVD release
tinnitus
limits pacifism nonviolent OR non-violent protest
psychic percussion
hearing sounds mental -"hearing voices" -schizophrenia
"solitary confinement" long-term effects
chimerism
penguins beaches washing up theories alien*
penguins beaches washing up "giant penguin"


((OOC: Wondering about the penguins? Here!))